Sacubitril/Valsartan Curbs Cardiotoxicity From Chemotherapy Benefit shown in trial of patients flagged for high risk of cardiotoxicity Nov 20, 2024
Nasal Spray Diuretic Shows Potential for Heart Failure in Trial of Healthy Adults Intranasal bumetanide demonstrated safety, bioequivalence with its oral and IV counterparts Nov 19, 2024
CDC Advisors Defend Infection Control Draft Guidance HICPAC supports surgical masks for airborne pathogens, sick workers returning after 3 days Nov 18, 2024
Electronic Nudges Improved Flu Shot Uptake in Patients With Acute MI History A cardiovascular-focused letter led to larger improvements in vaccine uptake in Danish program Nov 18, 2024
Left Atrial Appendage Closure Reduced Bleeding After Afib Ablation Procedure also noninferior to anticoagulation for death, stroke, or systemic embolism composite Nov 18, 2024
Spironolactone Misses the Mark in Acute MI Without HF Drug discontinuations may have leveled any benefit in CLEAR OASIS 9 trial Nov 17, 2024
Novel CRISPR-Cas9-Based Promising in ATTR Cardiomyopathy One-time treatment with nexiguran ziclumeran tied to decline in serum TTR levels in phase I trial Nov 17, 2024
Tirzepatide Officially Puts GLP-1 Meds on the Map for Heart Failure Benefit SUMMIT trial able to show clinical benefit beyond quality-of-life improvement Nov 16, 2024
Are There Some Words That Doctors Should Never Use? Alternative phrasing can open dialogue and built trust with seriously ill patients, experts say Nov 13, 2024
RSV Severity, Deaths on Par With Flu and COVID Pre-vaccine era data suggest underrecognized burden of disease, especially in older adults Nov 13, 2024
Canadian Teen in Critical Condition With What Is Believed to Be Bird Flu Teen is not known to have any contact with infected animals Nov 13, 2024
Which High-Risk Patients Should Get the RSV Vaccine? While all adults age 75 and up are eligible, here's who's considered high risk in the 60-74 group Nov 11, 2024
What Having Ebola Is Really Like Craig Spencer, MD, talks about the symptoms and his treatment at Bellevue Hospital Nov 11, 2024 video
Inching Toward a Blood Test for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Researchers try to address challenge of distinguishing HCM from other cardiomyopathies Nov 11, 2024
Should I Get a Handheld Ultrasound? Their speed and simplicity are especially valuable when timely decisions are critical Nov 10, 2024
Who Needs a Defibrillator After MI? FDA Recs on Inferior Vena Cava Filters Also in TTHealthWatch: early sugar exposure, hypertension, and diabetes Nov 09, 2024 podcast
An Emergency Doc's Experience Contracting Ebola Craig Spencer reflects on his 2014 Ebola diagnosis after volunteering for Doctors Without Borders Nov 08, 2024 video
Field Notes: One of the Toughest Airways of My Career Technique matters. Thinking matters more. Nov 05, 2024
RFK Jr. Threatens the Very Fabric of Healthcare A vote to give Kennedy power is a vote against public health Nov 04, 2024
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas ERs This marks one of at least two women who died under the state abortion ban Nov 02, 2024
What's Our Capacity for Measuring Hospital Capacity? With respiratory virus season coming, resumed reporting is critical Oct 31, 2024
Tricuspid Valve Replacement Finds Surer Footing With TRISCEND II's 1-Year Report Evoque device helped outcomes in severe tricuspid regurgitation, with some safety caveats Oct 31, 2024
Colchicine Goes Belly-Up in a More Definitive Heart Attack Trial Larger CLEAR OASIS 9 trial could not replicate past results Oct 30, 2024
We Can Better Protect Kids From Head Injury in Football Making youth football safer requires a collective effort Oct 29, 2024
Heart Attack Patients Who Receive Heparin ASAP Are Better Primed for Cath Lab Administration at first medical contact at PCI hospital tied to more spontaneous reperfusion Oct 29, 2024
Stent-Like Hybrid on Track for Lofty Long-Term Goals in PCI Stent-related events plateaued 6 months after DynamX implant Oct 28, 2024
No Kidney Benefit With Finerenone in Heart Failure Patients Anti-mineralocorticoid agent reduced albuminuria, but not eGFR-based kidney outcome Oct 28, 2024
Stroke Survivors With Afib Could Start DOACs Earlier Safety shown with no difference in recurrent strokes Oct 25, 2024
A Moral Code: Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine Three physicians face crossroads in patient care Oct 25, 2024 podcast
A Case of Broca's Aphasia An excerpt from Theodore H. Schwartz's book, Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery Oct 25, 2024
ACIP Backs Extra COVID Vax Dose for Seniors, Pneumococcal Vax for Adults 50 and Up CDC advisors also formalize recommendations on extra COVID vaccine doses in the immunocompromised Oct 23, 2024
RSV Vaccine Tied to Fewer Hospitalizations, ED Visits in Older, High-Risk Adults However, questions remain about durability of vaccine protection, expert says Oct 20, 2024
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use Oct 20, 2024
Shorter Course of Antibiotics Works for Bloodstream Infections With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says Oct 19, 2024
Novel Monoclonal Antibody Protects Infants Against RSV Clesrovimab reduced severe disease, hospitalizations in preterm and term healthy infants Oct 19, 2024
Stroke Survivors Still Prescribed a 'Concerning' Amount of Benzos Red flag in nationwide data despite improvement since 2013 Oct 17, 2024
Nurse in Critical Condition; JD Vance's Mom Got Obamacare; Bird Flu Cluster Grows Health news and commentary gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Oct 14, 2024
Safety Data Favor Diuretic Strategy Triggered by Cardiac Monitoring Alerts in HF Effectiveness of this personalized approach now under investigation Oct 11, 2024
Elamipretide for Barth Syndrome Survives FDA Advisory Vote Panelists acknowledge difficulty generating stronger data in ultra-rare disease Oct 11, 2024
